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BUTTON MAKING MACHINE. No. 553,492. Patented Jan. 21, 1896.

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FRANK MAT'IUSCII, OF MUSCATINE, IOlVA.

BUTTON-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,492, dated January 21, 1896.

Application filed March 26, 1895.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK MArrUsoH, of Muscatine, in the county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Making Ma chines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improved machine for manufacturing buttons from shells,bone, (to. and it consists in the novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter claimed, and the best form of apparatus now known to me is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top plan view, partly in section, of the complete machine, indicating by the aid of dotted lines the positions of the parts when polishing a button and when trimming a button. Fig. 2 is' a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 3 is a detail.

Referring to said drawings by letters, the device for cutting blanks from shells, &c., comprises an upright standard A secured on the supporting-stand Z and having two upper arms, a a, which contain bearings for and guide a vertical shaft B, which can be lowered by means of a lever B" bearing on top of the shaft and connected by a rod B with a treadle 13 below the table. The cutter is socured on the lower end of shaft B and is adapted to cut round blanks from a shell,&c. laid on block A below the shaft. This blankcutting mechanism forms the subject-matter of a divisional application filed by me October 12, 1895, Serial No. 565,465, and is not,

therefore, claimed herein. Each blank is then placed in the holder, which consists of a horizontal shaft G journaled in studs h rising from a casting H pivoted on a base-plate H fastened to the stand Z beside the'blank-cutter. Plate H is provided with curved guide flanges or grooves H fitted to corresponding guide grooves or flanges on the bottom of casting H, as shown. The casting may be turned laterally on plate H by a hand-lever I pivoted on block I fastened to plate II and connected to the casting by a link I The screw-rod I limits the outward throw of the casting.

The shaft G can be moved longitudinally in its bearings by a lever j fixed 011 a rockshaft j provided with a crank-handle J, as shown. The shaft is normally held in retracted position by a spring G interposed be tween one of the studs h and a collar G on the shaft, and the shaft is provided with loose pulley g and fast pulley g, which are driven by a belt (not shown) running through a stationary shifter 9 and normally simply driving the idler-pulley; but when the shaft is moved forward by rocking shaft j the belt shifts from pulley g to pulley g, and the shaft is rotated.

On the inner end of shaft G is a chuck K which is split longitudinally into quarters, and may be expanded to receive the button, and then clamped thereon by the sliding sleeve K, which is normally pressed forward partly over the chuck by a spring K as shown.

A disk Z is fastened to shaft G (or to pulley g) and is provided with a series of holes Z, which are adapted to be engaged by a locking-spring L fastened to the casting h, (at which timeIthe shaft G cannot rotate,) so as to hold the shaft in position to enable the button to be properly bored to form the eyes, as hereinafter explained.

After the blank is clamped in the holder it is polished. The polisher consists of an emery or grinding wheel M mounted on a shaft M, (jonrnaled in suitable bearings in a casting N fastened to the frame Z in convenient proximity to the holder,) having fast and loose pulleys m m driven by a belt (not shown) arranged to be shifted as desired. The grinding-wheel is inclosed in a casing O, which has an opening in one side adjoining the holder just large enough to allow the holder to present a blank to the grinding-wheel, and casing 0 communicates with a fan-casing O, in which is a fan 0 (mounted on shaft M,) and the dust sucked into the fancasing from the grinding-wheel is conducted through a pipe 0 to any suitable discharging-point, so that the workman will not inhale the dust. After the blank is ground it is trimmed and perforated.

The dressing-tool and perforator are constructed as follows: P designates a shaft journaled in a casting P fastened to frame Z in line with the holder. Shaft P is provided with fast and loose pulleys p p driven by a belt (not shown) guided by a shifter P arranged to shift the belt from the loose to the fast pulley when shaft P is moved toward the holder. The shaft is normally retracted by a spring 19 and can be moved forward by a lever Q on a rock-shaft Q operated by a crank-handle Q as shown. On the inner end of the shaft is a bit-stock q, in which is secured a boring or perforated tool g, as shown. P is a tool-holder R, which inclines toward the holder and has a slot R in its upper end or head for the reception of a cutter or dressing-tool 4, which is adjustably secured thereto by a set-screw r. The head R is connected by a link S to a stud S projecting from a ring S loosely fitted on shaft P between two collars piffixed thereon, as shown. The parts are so fitted that when shaft P is moved longitudinally the tool-holder will be swung down or up, but does not have any lateral movement. \Vhen shaft P is retracted the tool-holder is raised,'and the end of the dressing-tool r, if properly adjusted, will stand in front of the tool q.

Operation: The blanks are cut as described, then taken by hand and placed in the chuck K of the holder. The lever I is then pulled toward the operator and moves the blank over in front of the polisher. The handle J is then depressed, thereby moving the blank against the grinding wheel, by which it is polished on one side. The holder is then thrown back to original position, and the blank reversed and ground on the opposite side. Then the holder is brought back to first position, and depressing handle J throws the blank forward and simultaneously shifts the belt, so that the chuck is rotated, and while thus rotating it is pressed against tool '1", which cuts the button into the desired style or form. Shaft G is then allowed to fly back to original position, and handle Q is depressed, moving shaft P forward and starting it rotating at the same time. The tool-holder R lowers as shaft P moves inward, and tool 0 gets out of the way of the perforating-tool g, which drills a hole in the blank. The correct position of the hole is determined by spring L and disk Z, and as many holes are cut in the blank as desired. The unlocking of springL and disk Z is accomplished by moving the shaft G forward by means of lever J and then Pivoted to the inner end of casting turning the chuck K by hand either right or left. The button is then complete, except for the final polishing.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is

1. In a button making machine a blank holder, consisting of pivoted support 11; the longitudinally movable and rotatable shaft provided with a blank holding chuck journaled on said support; the lever j; shaft j; and arm J for reciprocating said shaft; means for rotating it; and the lever I and link I for turning said support, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the rotatable blank holder, with the perforator consisting of a rotatable and longitudinally movable shaft .journaled in a casting and carrying a boring tool, and means for rotating and reciprocating said shaft; and trimmer comprising a holder R pivoted to the end of said casting next the holder, and the link connecting the upper end of said holder with a collar on said shaft, whereby the trimmer is lowered out of the way of the boring tool when the shaft is moved toward the holder, all substantially as described.

3. In a button making machine the combination of the longitudinally movable and rotatable shaft G having a blank holding chuck on one end and a disk l fixed on the said shaft and movable therewith, having a series of perforations l; with the spring for retracting said shaft, and the fixed locking spring L adapted to be sprung into engagement with any one of the perforations in said disk; and prevent rotation of the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a button making machine the combination of the longitudinally movable rotatable shaft; the collar thereon, the spring for retracting said shaft; the pivoted tool holder R having a diagonally slotted head R and the dressing tool 0" and the link pivotally c011- nected to said holder and to an arm on said collar whereby it is moved with the shaft and means for moving said shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK MATTUSCH.

\Vitnesses:

J. F. GUNZENHAUSER, T. R. FITZGERALD. 

